On Jan 29, 2:44 pm, EricP wrote:
On 29 Jan 2007 04:19:52 -0800, "Flummoxed"
wrote:
Having gone down the route of building flimsy walls around the bath,
can i recommend that you abandon the wood construction and think of a
solid wall from Thremalite blocks. They are a quid each and light as a
feather, easy to work with a saw and build nice solid walls that dont
flex and crack grout around the bath.

EricP, That's interesting. I hadn't though of doing that. However,
in my case, the wall I am extending inwards is an external wall made
of wood (it's a 1960s house) so it would be rather odd to have
thermalite inside and then the existing plywood outside (with tiles
outside that).

I tend to like marine ply because I used to live on a boat where
things must be damp-proof and the previous bathroom disintegrated from
the wet. marine ply is very stiff and I think tiles would stick
OK. I am also reluctant to 'build' with bricks/mortar/plastering
because I lack the skills. but maybe I should pay someone to do it,
or learn.

Flummoxed: I had not fully decided how to bring the ply down to the
bath, but yes it could stop just overlapping the top of the bath much
as the plaster does on the other two walls.

Robert